I'm not sure what to think of this story. What do you think?
----------- Young 'Adolf Hitler' and Two Sisters Removed From Home
Thursday, January 15, 2009
By Sara Bonisteel Dec. 16, 2008: Heath Campbell, left, with his wife Deborah and son Adolf Hitler, 3, pose in Easton, Pa.
A 3-year-old boy named Adolf Hitler and his two Nazi-named younger sisters were removed from their New Jersey home last week and placed in state custody, police said.
Adolf Hitler Campbell and his sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, were taken from their Holland Township, N.J., home on Friday by the state's Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS), Sgt. John Harris of the Holland Township Police Department told FOXNews.com.
Their father, Heath Campbell, is expected in court Thursday in Flemington, N.J., in connection with the case.
Kate Bernyk, a spokeswoman for the DYFS, said confidentiality laws barred her from commenting on the case or even confirming that the Campbell children were involved.
"DYFS has their reasons and they normally dont release any information, so we kind of have to go on faith with them," Harris said. Police were not told what the agency was investigating.
"Ive dealt with the family for years and as far as the children are concerned, I have never had any reports of any abuse with the children," Harris said. "As far as I know, hes always been very good with the children."
Speaking generally, Bernyk said the state's "decision to remove a child is based on the safety and well being of the child and the risk to that child, and that decision is made in conjunction with the courts and the county family court judge."
The Campbells made national news last month when a ShopRite supermarket refused to sell them a birthday cake with Adolf Hitler's name on it. The story generated a slew of angry Internet chatter.
Forensic psychologist N.G. Berrill said naming a boy Hitler could be considered child abuse.
"Part of it is the infantile nature of the parents behavior," Berrill said. "You can name your dog something weird, but they think theyre making some kind of bold statement with the children, not appreciating that the children will have separate lives and will be looked at in a negative light until theyre able to change their name. It is abuse."
Last year, a New Zealand court removed a 9-year-old girl from her parents in order to change her birth name: Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. In that country, officials do not deem a name abusive unless it causes serious bullying.
Heath Campbell told the Easton-Express Times last year that he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked it and "no one else in the world would have that name."
A paper to be published in March in Social Sciences Journal by economists David E. Kalist and Daniel Y. Lee of Shippensburg University found that unpopular first names, when mixed with factors like a disadvantaged home life, can increase the tendency toward juvenile delinquency.
Lee told FOXNews.com that Adolf and Hitler were not names they looked at for the study.
"Hitler most likely would be an unpopular name in the sense that not many people name their children with a name [like Hitler], but we didnt particularly look at particularly bad names like that," he said.
New Jersey officials said Wednesday that it is not just a matter of names.
"DYFS would never remove a child simply based on that child's name," Bernyk said.
I heard this yesterday, I wasn't sure what to think.
The only thing I'm sure of is that the parents are jerks. There's no reason to name all three of your kids things that have ties to Nazi Germany. Those poor kids have to grow up with those names, why do that to them?
I'll be interested to see why they were removed from the home.
This is another one of those "free country" dilemmas. On one hand, I think parents should have the right to name their children whatever they want. On the other hand, how can these names not be damaging to the children?
If the kids are actually in any kind of danger, fine, go ahead and remove them; but if it comes out that they were removed only because of their names that's nuts! Granted the parents might be jerks to name their kids what they did, but come on, it's just a name; doesn't mean they're going to grow up and re-enact their namesakes.
Yeah, that's just it. Freedom until you're doing harm to another individual. I really think you could make the case that it's just not right to force those names on children.
But it takes a strange person to decide this is where they want to take their stand anyway. Why do it? Name your pets the weird names if you want to, don't do it to a human being.
Yeah, have been hearing this story for a while. I don't think there is a real reason to remove the children from the home. I do have to say that it is okay to be different with kid's names, parents do it all the time. But their names are just stupid.
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"DYFS has their reasons and they normally dont release any information, so we kind of have to go on faith with them," Harris said. Police were not told what the agency was investigating.
Hmmm..... Around here DHS -- Department of Human Services (which I imagine is the equivalent), ALWAYS releases information. If DHS has removed a child from a home, it's all over the news for days on end.
I think it's government interferring where it really has no warrent to do so. I think the names are ridiculous (but REALLY, do I have room to talk), yet, I didn't read anything saying there was good reason for removal, such as neglect or abuse.
So the kid was named after what the majority of the world sees as a sadistic pathetic excuse for a human being -- doesn't mean the kid will be. To me, that makes the parents look like they like attention. Still, doesn't make them bad parents.
Prove abuse or neglect, or give the kids back....
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